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This week I wrote about obsessive and competitive founders and how this forms the basis of what I look for when I invest. And that’s what differentiates founders and early employees. MORE
Techstars co-founder Brad Feld and Techstars mentor Jason Mendelson—both renowned venture capitalists, partners at the Foundry Group, and authors of Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist —are again giving their FREE online course Venture Deals. MORE
When I was a Y Combinator partner, I noticed that more and more of the batches were companies started by international founders. International founders typically have some combination of these three reasons: a) Access to capital The number one answer is access to capital. MORE
I’m thrilled to publicly announce the really poorly kept secret , that after almost 4 years of working alongside Chris DeVore and the rest of the Founders’ Co-op team, I’ve stepped into the partnership with both feet as a General Partner. With that, where I can create the most value and grow the most is not as a founder, but as an investor working with founders by supporting and challenging them. We love founders that follow the customer and not the technology. MORE
Just the immediate priorities seem to take up more than one person’s potential working hours—so it’s no surprise that when it comes to something like social media, many founders have trouble making it a priority. The consequences of failing to position a founder’s profile aren’t always obvious—and it’s usually all about missed opportunities. Some founders get more press, get speaking opportunities or have an easier time fundraising thanks to leads that started with social media. MORE
We’re hosting group office hours and a happy hour for female founders on Friday, July 26 at the YC office in Mountain View, California. These discussions will be led by a YC partner and you’ll be joined by founders from 4-5 other companies. Female Founders YC News FeatureIf you’re in the early stages of building a company we’d love to meet you — anyone from idea stage through Series A is welcome to join. MORE
145 It was a company whose product I believed in and whose founder I liked, but a firm lobbed in a term sheet at a price 33% higher than what I had offered using a very light agreement meant for a much earlier stage company. Then, I read about the idiotic comments made by a co-founder of Rap Genius. Founders. Founders. They got that way due in large part to a very public founder friendly stance. I treat all my founders equally. MORE
Entrepreneurship is hard, especially starting out as a solo founder.”. Techstars has a rigorous process of finding founders that are of a certain caliber. Accelerators fashion founder lifestyle MORE
Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on the biggest mistakes first-time founders make. Topics. 00:10 – Solving a problem you don’t care about. 1:00 – Helping users you don’t care about. 1:40 – Choosing cofounders you don’t know well. 2:20 – Not having transparent conversations with your cofounder. 3:20 – Not launching. 4:45 – Not using analytics. 5:02 – Not knowing where your first users will come from. MORE
Yesterday, I met with a founder with an interesting model who was raising $400k to bring the finishing touches to her product to make it customer-ready. In fact, the only founder I've ever seen completely run the table for a multi-million dollar seed round based off of a Powerpoint is Chantel Waterbury of chloe + isabel. This blog post is not about debating if "enough" diverse founders get funding--whatever that might mean. MORE
Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Co-founder and Director of Venture Centre , has an awesome Twitter bio: “Creating connections and exploring intersections between people and ideas by delivering meaningful opportunities to do good stuff together #entrepreneurship.”. MORE
You get to have interesting conversations with founders and review business plans and then see how these businesses evolve over the years. " Revenue doesn't pay your bills, GM does — @msuster 2/ Founders obsess with revenue as a vanity metric. MORE
In reality, so-called “Founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. Invested Interests entrepreneur founders stock startup MORE
I am currently the Co-Founder at Stark Mobility (8.1k Don‘t jump the gun with co-founders. Diversity Stronger Together Diverse LEADers diversity Techstars Includes Women Founders MORE
When GAN Ventures considers whether to invest in a startup, we look for four primary things: Authentic founders: Founders that know their own strengths and weaknesses and aren’t afraid to ask for help. Passionate founders: Founders that joyfully know more about their market than most people would think is normal to know about anything. Authentic founders communicate what’s going on with themselves. MORE
Ever wondered what a startup founder does after their company is acquired for billions of dollars ? Isaac Saldana, Co-founder of SendGrid—which was acquired by Twilio for $3 billion in an all-stock deal in October 2018—isn’t lounging on a beach. MORE
This blog started from a series of conversations I found myself having over and over again with founders and eventually decided I should just start writing them.It The founders of DropBox, Airbnb, Uber – you name it. Obsession. The drive to succeed at all costs. MORE
The funny thing about stats is that you can basically come up with a stat to justify any argument or position--and the whole female founders in tech conversation has a ton of numbers that people put out there as various types of proof and justification, or blame. I tend not to back the type of founder who thinks that code and design alone breaks down all industry barriers--which means that the average age of the founders I''ve seeded has been around 33. MORE
René Pons, co-founder of PPAP Manager, has founded a company in Mexico, run Techstars Startup Weekends across Central America, and gotten into Techstars Detroit. ” —René Pons, Founder of PPAP Manager. Rene Pons, Founder of PPAP Manager. MORE
Immediate “Yes” – It is not common, but it is possible that I leave the meeting with all the information I need and, with some quick reflection, signal the founder that I’d like to invest. I do this in the meeting partly to stay present about having a proper close to the meeting, to give the founder a clear sense of what I’m thinking, and to stop the back-and-forth email that can occur after a meeting. I will meet a founder with great potential. MORE
One of the most exciting thinkers at Summit was Rebecca Kantar, the founder of Imbellus. There are so many moments from the Upfront Summit that I want to share with you — it just takes time to watch through all the videos, do write ups and still do my day job. MORE
The meme was kicked off by Chris Dixon with this post saying that term sheets need to be simplified and align investor / founder interests. One very important item from Chris’s original post that wasn’t picked up by Fred or Brad is founder vesting. MORE
Nowhere is the politics more difficult than with co-founders, which is why for years I’ve spoken publicly about “ the co-founder mythology.” ” Of course we all go into businesses expecting to be aligned with our co-founders but over time life changes. MORE
Yesterday I wrote a blog post ( here ) in which I urged people to not have too many founders. These situations are only compounded if you have 3 or more founders. I know that many people reading this will be in companies with 3+ founders and aren’t having any friction. They agreed to all be co-founders. But I still think it’s right for many a founder / entrepreneur. This is part of my ongoing series, “ Startup Lessons.&#. MORE
Oh, and make someone from your 25 person Moldova tech team your co-founder. Don't forget to tell all your founder friends about our ultra-pre-pre-seed program. It doesn't pay to look at it any other way--and I think too many founders focus on the investor as the problem versus their pitch or their company. Here are a few ways founders can improve their chances with an investor: 1) Make sure you actually have a viable startup idea, *before* you pitch. MORE
By Tim Houghten What really makes for an effective, and lasting co-founder relationship? Is the magical pixie dust that gives co-founder relationships wings really all about eHarmony style data matching? So leverage platforms for spotting and connecting with potential co-founders. MORE
Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). In more recent times we have seen people like Matt Mullenweg – the founder of WordPress – step back into the company’s CEO role after 8 years. MORE
Shame because I write and talk about founder mental health all the time. The Future of Work exhaustion founder fitness founder wellness mental health overwhelm startup lifeLast week, I wrote about how essential it is to ask yourself one important question before going through an accelerator program: What do you want your (work) life to be like? MORE
The U.S. spends about twice what other high-income nations do on health care, but with results that are often worse than those countries achieve at much lower cost. In 2009, in a national effort to improve quality and lower costs, the Federal government launched a huge incentive program to drive the adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), spending an estimated $40 billion over the past decade to implement this data-gathering technology in hospitals across the country. MORE
Mary Haskett, founder and CEO of Blink Identity , had a problem. It helps that these two are old friends, but any co-founders can do this—if they’re willing to work together and support each other. Accelerators bias blink identity Network woman founder MORE
Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Image via Startup Professionals. First things first – your startup needs a name! MORE
As we tell our founders at 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, time management is an important component of any business, but when it comes to launching a startup it is even more critical. Founder WisdomBy Michael Whitehouse. MORE
In early 2008 we announced the formation of Founders’ Co-op. million it wasn’t much of one, just some of our own money and some from a few local friends who knew how hard it was to be a founder up in this remote corner of the world. The only kinds of founders who start companies in the teeth of a recession are the ones who can’t imagine doing anything else. million, to lean into our strategy of being first to support the most promising founders here in the Pacific Northwest. MORE
But like it says in our name, we invest in founders first and businesses second. We didn’t chose to partner with Ally founder Vetri Vellore just because of the amazing business he’s built, but also because of the passion and thoughtfulness with which he is building it. Welcome Vetri, to the Founders’ Co-op family! MORE
In almost every single investment I’ve ever made, I can think of a singular moment in my relationship with a founder that, no matter what came before or what might come after, defined our relationship. Often times, it came in a very vulnerable and down moment for the founder—perhaps they just lost out on a big opportunity, had someone from the team leave, or they’re running low on capital before sales have come around. MORE
John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors. I predict that the RBI model will become part of the standard set of options for founders raising capital, for use whenever appropriate, just as today founders raise opportunistically via preferred equity, convertible notes, cash advances, venture loans, and so on. . MORE
See more Techstars Diverse LEADers here —> Diversity Stronger Together Diverse LEADers diversity Techstars Includes Women FoundersTechstars Includes Diverse LEADers is our series highlighting diverse members of the Techstars Network. MORE
If you are going to be a true co-founder (and 20% equity sounds like it), sharing over-all decision making about company direction, strategy, financing, staffing, etc. with one or more co-founders, and you see that role continuing in the future, as the company’s President or Chief Operating Officer, then being on the board might make sense. Over time, founders typically *leave* the board as they are replaced by an increasing number of investors/independents. MORE
Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? MORE
Guest Post: Justin McLoughlin is the Founder of airCFO. All Founders Tips and TrendsUnder no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. The early days of any company are all about resource management. Life as a startup is perilous. The companies who survive and thrive are usually the ones who find ways to do more with less. MORE
I did almost every VC meeting myself save for when one of my co-founders, Tim Barker, was in town. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. This is a story of one of the risks of venture capital. MORE
In our industry we always talk about funding big ideas or funding things with more meaning. It’s something Yves Sisteron & I have been talking about for years at Upfront Ventures. MORE
If you haven’t yet heard about Female Founder Office Hours it is an initiative you should be aware of whether you’re male, female or any other gender identify. Take Action You’ll see from the website that Female Founder Office Hours have several dates set. MORE
I've heard a lot of VCs tell founders they need co-founders--and that they wouldn't look at a business at a very early stage without a co-founder. A lot of accelerators treat solo founders the same way--making it an implied requirement to participate. I don't think you can get into YC with this kind of "Godfather"-type co-founder as your partner if they're not going to be there day in and day out. but you do need a team. MORE
founder Related Topics GAN
MAY 22, 2019
When GAN Ventures considers whether to invest in a startup, we look for four primary things: Authentic founders: Founders that know their own strengths and weaknesses and aren’t afraid to ask for help. Passionate founders: Founders that joyfully know more about their market than most people would think is normal to know about anything. Authentic founders communicate what’s going on with themselves.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 22, 2018
In almost every single investment I’ve ever made, I can think of a singular moment in my relationship with a founder that, no matter what came before or what might come after, defined our relationship. Often times, it came in a very vulnerable and down moment for the founder—perhaps they just lost out on a big opportunity, had someone from the team leave, or they’re running low on capital before sales have come around.
This is going to be BIG.
JULY 8, 2019
Just the immediate priorities seem to take up more than one person’s potential working hours—so it’s no surprise that when it comes to something like social media, many founders have trouble making it a priority. The consequences of failing to position a founder’s profile aren’t always obvious—and it’s usually all about missed opportunities. Some founders get more press, get speaking opportunities or have an easier time fundraising thanks to leads that started with social media.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 17, 2018
You get to have interesting conversations with founders and review business plans and then see how these businesses evolve over the years. " Revenue doesn't pay your bills, GM does — @msuster 2/ Founders obsess with revenue as a vanity metric.
Gust
MARCH 16, 2014
In reality, so-called “Founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. Invested Interests entrepreneur founders stock startup
TechStars
MARCH 20, 2019
Techstars co-founder Brad Feld and Techstars mentor Jason Mendelson—both renowned venture capitalists, partners at the Foundry Group, and authors of Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist —are again giving their FREE online course Venture Deals.
TechStars
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Ever wondered what a startup founder does after their company is acquired for billions of dollars ? Isaac Saldana, Co-founder of SendGrid—which was acquired by Twilio for $3 billion in an all-stock deal in October 2018—isn’t lounging on a beach.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
If you haven’t yet heard about Female Founder Office Hours it is an initiative you should be aware of whether you’re male, female or any other gender identify. Take Action You’ll see from the website that Female Founder Office Hours have several dates set.
Y Combinator
AUGUST 16, 2019
Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on the biggest mistakes first-time founders make. Topics. 00:10 – Solving a problem you don’t care about. 1:00 – Helping users you don’t care about. 1:40 – Choosing cofounders you don’t know well. 2:20 – Not having transparent conversations with your cofounder. 3:20 – Not launching. 4:45 – Not using analytics. 5:02 – Not knowing where your first users will come from.
TechStars
AUGUST 5, 2019
René Pons, co-founder of PPAP Manager, has founded a company in Mexico, run Techstars Startup Weekends across Central America, and gotten into Techstars Detroit. ” —René Pons, Founder of PPAP Manager. Rene Pons, Founder of PPAP Manager.
Onevest
MARCH 31, 2015
As we tell our founders at 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, time management is an important component of any business, but when it comes to launching a startup it is even more critical. Founder WisdomBy Michael Whitehouse.
TechStars
JULY 10, 2019
I am currently the Co-Founder at Stark Mobility (8.1k Don‘t jump the gun with co-founders. Diversity Stronger Together Diverse LEADers diversity Techstars Includes Women Founders
Startup Grind
AUGUST 17, 2018
When I was a Y Combinator partner, I noticed that more and more of the batches were companies started by international founders. International founders typically have some combination of these three reasons: a) Access to capital The number one answer is access to capital.
Founders Coop
MAY 14, 2019
The U.S. spends about twice what other high-income nations do on health care, but with results that are often worse than those countries achieve at much lower cost. In 2009, in a national effort to improve quality and lower costs, the Federal government launched a huge incentive program to drive the adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), spending an estimated $40 billion over the past decade to implement this data-gathering technology in hospitals across the country.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Yesterday, I met with a founder with an interesting model who was raising $400k to bring the finishing touches to her product to make it customer-ready. In fact, the only founder I've ever seen completely run the table for a multi-million dollar seed round based off of a Powerpoint is Chantel Waterbury of chloe + isabel. This blog post is not about debating if "enough" diverse founders get funding--whatever that might mean.
David Teten - VC
AUGUST 20, 2019
Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 5, 2016
I've heard a lot of VCs tell founders they need co-founders--and that they wouldn't look at a business at a very early stage without a co-founder. A lot of accelerators treat solo founders the same way--making it an implied requirement to participate. I don't think you can get into YC with this kind of "Godfather"-type co-founder as your partner if they're not going to be there day in and day out. but you do need a team.
David Teten - VC
AUGUST 19, 2019
John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors. I predict that the RBI model will become part of the standard set of options for founders raising capital, for use whenever appropriate, just as today founders raise opportunistically via preferred equity, convertible notes, cash advances, venture loans, and so on. .
Founders Coop
MARCH 4, 2019
But like it says in our name, we invest in founders first and businesses second. We didn’t chose to partner with Ally founder Vetri Vellore just because of the amazing business he’s built, but also because of the passion and thoughtfulness with which he is building it. Welcome Vetri, to the Founders’ Co-op family!
Y Combinator
JUNE 25, 2019
We’re hosting group office hours and a happy hour for female founders on Friday, July 26 at the YC office in Mountain View, California. These discussions will be led by a YC partner and you’ll be joined by founders from 4-5 other companies. Female Founders YC News FeatureIf you’re in the early stages of building a company we’d love to meet you — anyone from idea stage through Series A is welcome to join.
TechStars
AUGUST 19, 2019
See more Techstars Diverse LEADers here —> Diversity Stronger Together Diverse LEADers diversity Techstars Includes Women FoundersTechstars Includes Diverse LEADers is our series highlighting diverse members of the Techstars Network.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
This blog started from a series of conversations I found myself having over and over again with founders and eventually decided I should just start writing them.It The founders of DropBox, Airbnb, Uber – you name it. Obsession. The drive to succeed at all costs.
TechStars
JULY 9, 2019
Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Co-founder and Director of Venture Centre , has an awesome Twitter bio: “Creating connections and exploring intersections between people and ideas by delivering meaningful opportunities to do good stuff together #entrepreneurship.”.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 14, 2014
The funny thing about stats is that you can basically come up with a stat to justify any argument or position--and the whole female founders in tech conversation has a ton of numbers that people put out there as various types of proof and justification, or blame. I tend not to back the type of founder who thinks that code and design alone breaks down all industry barriers--which means that the average age of the founders I''ve seeded has been around 33.
Founders Coop
APRIL 15, 2019
In early 2008 we announced the formation of Founders’ Co-op. million it wasn’t much of one, just some of our own money and some from a few local friends who knew how hard it was to be a founder up in this remote corner of the world. The only kinds of founders who start companies in the teeth of a recession are the ones who can’t imagine doing anything else. million, to lean into our strategy of being first to support the most promising founders here in the Pacific Northwest.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 15, 2014
Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). In more recent times we have seen people like Matt Mullenweg – the founder of WordPress – step back into the company’s CEO role after 8 years.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 15, 2009
I did almost every VC meeting myself save for when one of my co-founders, Tim Barker, was in town. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. This is a story of one of the risks of venture capital.
GAN
JULY 9, 2019
Shame because I write and talk about founder mental health all the time. The Future of Work exhaustion founder fitness founder wellness mental health overwhelm startup lifeLast week, I wrote about how essential it is to ask yourself one important question before going through an accelerator program: What do you want your (work) life to be like?
Onevest
MAY 14, 2015
By Tim Houghten What really makes for an effective, and lasting co-founder relationship? Is the magical pixie dust that gives co-founder relationships wings really all about eHarmony style data matching? So leverage platforms for spotting and connecting with potential co-founders.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 27, 2014
It was a company whose product I believed in and whose founder I liked, but a firm lobbed in a term sheet at a price 33% higher than what I had offered using a very light agreement meant for a much earlier stage company. Then, I read about the idiotic comments made by a co-founder of Rap Genius. Founders. Founders. They got that way due in large part to a very public founder friendly stance. I treat all my founders equally.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 18, 2009
Yesterday I wrote a blog post ( here ) in which I urged people to not have too many founders. These situations are only compounded if you have 3 or more founders. I know that many people reading this will be in companies with 3+ founders and aren’t having any friction. They agreed to all be co-founders. But I still think it’s right for many a founder / entrepreneur. This is part of my ongoing series, “ Startup Lessons.&#.
Gust
JULY 12, 2012
If you are going to be a true co-founder (and 20% equity sounds like it), sharing over-all decision making about company direction, strategy, financing, staffing, etc. with one or more co-founders, and you see that role continuing in the future, as the company’s President or Chief Operating Officer, then being on the board might make sense. Over time, founders typically *leave* the board as they are replaced by an increasing number of investors/independents.
500
MAY 31, 2019
Guest Post: Justin McLoughlin is the Founder of airCFO. All Founders Tips and TrendsUnder no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. The early days of any company are all about resource management. Life as a startup is perilous. The companies who survive and thrive are usually the ones who find ways to do more with less.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2014
This week I wrote about obsessive and competitive founders and how this forms the basis of what I look for when I invest. And that’s what differentiates founders and early employees.
TechStars
APRIL 11, 2019
Mary Haskett, founder and CEO of Blink Identity , had a problem. It helps that these two are old friends, but any co-founders can do this—if they’re willing to work together and support each other. Accelerators bias blink identity Network woman founder
Haystack
JULY 15, 2018
Immediate “Yes” – It is not common, but it is possible that I leave the meeting with all the information I need and, with some quick reflection, signal the founder that I’d like to invest. I do this in the meeting partly to stay present about having a proper close to the meeting, to give the founder a clear sense of what I’m thinking, and to stop the back-and-forth email that can occur after a meeting. I will meet a founder with great potential.
TechStars
MAY 2, 2019
Entrepreneurship is hard, especially starting out as a solo founder.”. Techstars has a rigorous process of finding founders that are of a certain caliber. Accelerators fashion founder lifestyle
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
In our industry we always talk about funding big ideas or funding things with more meaning. It’s something Yves Sisteron & I have been talking about for years at Upfront Ventures.
Founders Coop
AUGUST 2, 2018
I’m thrilled to publicly announce the really poorly kept secret , that after almost 4 years of working alongside Chris DeVore and the rest of the Founders’ Co-op team, I’ve stepped into the partnership with both feet as a General Partner. With that, where I can create the most value and grow the most is not as a founder, but as an investor working with founders by supporting and challenging them. We love founders that follow the customer and not the technology.
Gust
MARCH 30, 2014
Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers ‘Google’ your business to find you, or try to refer you to others. Image via Startup Professionals. First things first – your startup needs a name!
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 2, 2017
One of the most exciting thinkers at Summit was Rebecca Kantar, the founder of Imbellus. There are so many moments from the Upfront Summit that I want to share with you — it just takes time to watch through all the videos, do write ups and still do my day job.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
The meme was kicked off by Chris Dixon with this post saying that term sheets need to be simplified and align investor / founder interests. One very important item from Chris’s original post that wasn’t picked up by Fred or Brad is founder vesting.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 29, 2016
Oh, and make someone from your 25 person Moldova tech team your co-founder. Don't forget to tell all your founder friends about our ultra-pre-pre-seed program. It doesn't pay to look at it any other way--and I think too many founders focus on the investor as the problem versus their pitch or their company. Here are a few ways founders can improve their chances with an investor: 1) Make sure you actually have a viable startup idea, *before* you pitch.
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